Was "The Omen" ever a book?!
Question: I was watching the new version and wondered if there had ever been an actual book (please don't say anything about the bible/book of revelations) that the movie was based on, or if it had just been written as a movie.
Answers: I was watching the new version and wondered if there had ever been an actual book (please don't say anything about the bible/book of revelations) that the movie was based on, or if it had just been written as a movie.
Actually there are 4 Omen movies.
The Omen (1976)
Damien: Omen II (1978)
Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
and a TV Release Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)
There are 5 novelizations:
* David Seltzer, The Omen. (Futura, 1976).
* Joseph Howard, Damien: Omen II. (Futura, 1978).
* Gordon McGill, Omen III: The Final Conflict. (Futura, 1980).
* Gordon McGill, Omen IV: Armageddon. (Futura, 1983)
* Gordon McGill, Omen V: The Abomination. (Futura, 1985).
Yes, it's by David Seltzer.
The Omen was actually a series of books.
David Seltzer did write "The Omen"~both the original script for the 1976 movie and for the novelization of his script.
All of the others are novelizations or knockoffs by other writers, so they actually don't count as much of a series to me since the original author doesn't have anything to do with them.
"The Omen" and the original movie are the ones that count, at least in my estimation. The remake is AWFUL! I do like "Damien: Omen 2" and "The Final Conflict", but they only borrow Seltzer's concept.
How about some information about this man whose creation of Damien captured so much attention and has become a reference in everyday language?
From Wikipedia:
David Seltzer, born 1940 into a conservative Jewish family in Highland Park, Illinois, is an American screenwriter, producer, and director who is perhaps best known for having written The Omen.
Seltzer had an uncredited role in writing the screenplay of the 1971 musical film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The film credits the original book's author, Roald Dahl, as the sole screenplay adaptor; however it has been revealed that Seltzer rewrote 30% of Dahl's script, adding such elements as the "Slugworth subplot", and music other than the original Oompa Loompa compositions (including "Pure Imagination", and "The Candy Man Can").
Seltzer's other writing credits include Prophecy, My Giant, Lucas, and Punchline the latter two he also also directed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Seltz...
WOW! David Seltzer wrote "The Candy Man" aka "The Candy Man Can" AND "Pure Imagination", the latter being one of the loveliest songs I've ever heard.